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The Death of Orange
A male oriole
lay lifeless.
Flaming sunset paused.
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The Death of Orange–Friday Poetically
Victoria C. Slotto, Author
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The Death of Orange
A male oriole
lay lifeless.
Flaming sunset paused.
Linked to Friday Poetically: http://onestoppoetry.com
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
a sad scene.
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Jesu Christi I love this. I know I saw its birth on the Group colour thread, but I could read it over and over. Rarely see so much in so few words. 13 syllables… the mass of mediocre ‘haiku’ writers should take a leaf out of your book
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Ooooh, that was beautiful. and sad.
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nice shot at the stillness of a sunset, as evident in the beautiful picture.
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Victoria,
Great picture. In combo with your words, awesome.
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nice haiku play on sunset and the birds plumage
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I love sunsets, the moment of a sunset paused …beautiful!
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I love this haiku, Victoria. Powerful–that the sunset would pause–if only for a brief moment. Beautiful photo with such fiery orange.
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The sadness lingers like the sun’s rays in the picture
Nice haiku
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A brilliant haiku. I loved the color of your words as well as the accompaning art. Super.
http://henryclemmonspoet.blogspot.com/2011/06/half-ness-friday-poetically.html
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Victoria—the picture—the words—so calming. So lovely…it reminds me of my first sunset in California…lovely…oh I said that.
Jaye
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Synchronicity indeed.
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wow – the sunset pausing in honor for one bird’s life and we just keep running and running – no matter what catastrophes happen around us…this is strong victoria
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evocative…that the heavens would pause for the life of just one bird…as if there is ‘just one’ anything…each special indeed…i like this…
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